Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty: Three hundred and sixty-four: Lou Shide’s difficulties
Lou Shide and Sima Lin looked at Bai Chun in amazement. They didn't expect this beautiful woman's speech to be so sharp. Although she was talking about this rationale, her aggressive tone was surprising.
The two couldn't help looking at Bai Chun's two companions. They saw that the two companions were drinking tea for granted. They didn't react at all to Bai Chun's aggressive tone, as if they should have said so.
"The imperial court is the most important, official-oriented, and the people second. Is it necessary to abandon the stability of the imperial court, the life and death of the nobles and the nobles, and spend all the food on a group of people? The imperial court, the rich , Who is in charge of the life and death of high-ranking officials and nobles? Wouldn't it still be the responsibility of the old man to raise the court?" Lou Shide retorted as he watched Bai Chun retort.
"The people are second? Absurd! If there are no people, who are you high officials? Are you the people's food and clothing parents? Or are the rich and honorable, the retainers of the nobles..."
"Presumptuous! This official is a second-rank official of the court, how can you insult the court ordering officer like this? You should be arrested and questioned if you attack the court ordering officer for no reason!" Lou Shide slapped the table angrily.
But instead of frightening Li Hong, Li Sujie, Bai Chun and Sima Lin, this action made all the tea cups on the table jump up.
"The little girl just talks about the matter and does not mean to slander or attack the lord! The first emperor once said when he asked Zheng Guogong and Wei Zhengce that water can carry a boat and it can overturn the boat. I do not know the sacred words of the people. Why do you treat the people like ants and despise the lives of the people in the world! Is this a little woman attacking you for no reason?" Bai Chun's face is even colder, although she is a woman disguised as a man, it does not affect Li Hong's eyes. The beautiful fairy image of cannibalistic fireworks.
Lou Shide also had a pale face, and he gasped loudly, especially when he heard the little lady say the word "adult" and deliberately increased her tone, it sounded more like an insult to him!
Lou Shide looked at the somewhat embarrassed Sima Lin with a black face. If he hadn't done anything else and heard three people playing the piano here, he would not be humiliated today.
Look at the two princes who came with this little lady again. The pottery tea cups with concentrated expressions looked carefully, as if in their eyes, there was something more beautiful on this tea cup than the one in front of them. The little lady stared motionlessly at that cup of noodles!
However, Sima Lin was surprised to find that Lou Shide’s cold expression didn’t know why. When he looked at the two young people who were devoted to admiring tea cups, he was slowly reconciling. In the end, his face Shang even forced out a stiff smile.
Sima Lin was stunned. He had been with Lou Shide for many years, and even made friends. It was the first time he discovered that a person's expression can be changed in this way, like a slowly unfolding picture scroll. The cold and anger burned to consternation, calmness, and gentleness, and then the corners of the mouth were turned up, and then the eyebrows were wrinkled and a smile appeared.
Simalin was even more surprised that Lou Shide, who showed an embarrassing smile, stood up from the table, ignoring the strange glances of the teahouse buddies and the guests at the three or two tables, and suddenly looked at the famous name. Said Li Bai's white robe young man saluted.
"The son said that the old man has been taught, and the official should take the world and the people’s food and clothing as his own responsibility, instead of just looking at the sufferings of the noble families, the nobles and the nobles. The old man thanked the son here. …Master.” Lou Shide looked at Li Hong and turned his head to look at him, then said in a low voice.
(To the end of this chapter, please turn the page) Li Hong waved his hand at him, motioned him to sit down, looked at the somewhat embarrassed face, and said faintly: "Lou Shide, your eyes seem to be fine, it's just that It took a long time to recognize me and my fourth elder brother. Why, did these eyes patronize the nobles who wrote high-ranking officials?"
"I dare not dare, let me go to the official... minister..." Lou Shide said in panic under Simalin's stunned gaze.
When I was sitting at another table, I felt that Li Hong knew the three of them, and they always felt like they had seen them. Moreover, Lou Shide was still sure that the place where they had met was not an ordinary place, but until just now, he I never remembered where I saw these three people.
Until he watched Li Hong hold the teacup there carefully, watching that profile drink the tea in the teacup, he suddenly remembered, in the Qianyuan Hall of Luoyang Palace! His Royal Highness the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, when he was fighting with the white-clothed prince of food, it was this profile that made him deeply remember the Royal Highness of the Tang Dynasty.
But because he was not above the court just now, and the prince wore casual clothes today, it suddenly blurred the memory of Lou Shide. It took a long time to remember.
"Okay, don't subordinate officials or ministers. This is not on the court, so there is no need to be so restrained. Tell me the truth, what is your purpose for coming here today?" Li Hong continued to play. Asked the cheap ceramic teacup inside.
"This...in the past few days...no, my old friend Sima Lin, who is the opposite of you, has been entangled with me, hoping that I can open the warehouse and release the grain, in the name of Henan Province. The people on the Spring Festival solved the food problem, but...I...Ah...The minister also had a hard time talking, my lord." At the end of the speech, Lou Shide compelled to lower his voice and put Li Hong's identity out of Turlu.
"Cough cough cough cough..." The tea in Sima Lin's mouth was not bad at all. After hearing the words "Chen and His Highness", he hurriedly lowered his head, all the tea in his mouth choked and sprayed on the ground.
The shocked Sima Lin looked at Li Sujie next to him, and then at Li Hong who was sitting across from him. After coughing, he was about to get up and plead guilty, but he was suppressed by Li Hong's gestures.
"Mr. Sima doesn't have to be like this, just sit down and sit down." After speaking, he looked at Shide Lou and said, "Then tell me, what is your secret? With so many grains piled up in the warehouse, should the people learn from Cao Mengde? Wangmei quenches thirst?"
Lou Shide was full of misery. Li Hong looked at many people and shop assistants who were eavesdropping around. Regarding food issues, but the lives of these people next to him, I heard them talking about food at this moment. I hope to hear some good news.
"Then you can accompany me around the granary established in the previous period, that...sell him to check out." Li Hong got up and walked outside the teahouse, looking at the disappointed teahouse buddy, and pointing to Lou Shide Said.
"Okay, you, the guest officer, go slowly. By the way, if you can find out when the court will release the grain at this moment, you might as well tell the younger one, and the younger one should be prepared." The shop assistant greeted him. Li Hong surreptitiously said.
"Why? Is it possible that you don't have enough food while guarding the granary?" Li Hong asked with a smile.
"Guest...Guest, you're joking, the little one is working as a clerk in this teahouse, and he is not working in the granary. Naturally, he has nothing to eat."
"Then what do you eat every day now?"
"Food, we can't really let us chew on the bark? But just eat less than when there is surplus food. I'm not afraid of your jokes,
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) After the last Yuan Festival, the young ones almost forget what a full meal is like. "
"No, I gave you two catties of food last year. According to a family of five, even if you are late, you should be full now?" Li Hong was very curious. According to the teahouse man, wouldn’t it? The people have already begun to fudge!
"There is food, but you can't eat all of it, can you? If you eat all of them, what will you grow after the spring? Is it possible to only eat ready-made seeds and eat the seeds? Wouldn't you have to starve to death? Ah." The teahouse guy looked at Li Hong and said disapprovingly.
Really worthy of being a son, a full man doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry. You think you are all like you family members. The food is not rich anymore. Just find a relationship and you can get enough food! We are common ants and ordinary people, and the government's care is good.
Li Hong gave him a thumbs up, but saw Li Sujie and Bai Chun pursing their lips and snickering. This was obviously not a joke about the poor teahouse buddy, but a joke about his inadequate thinking.
Simalin was originally going to leave. Facing the Prince of Tang Dynasty and Prince Xu, he was somewhat trembling in his heart, but Li Hong did not intend to let him go, but let him go to the granary with him. Turn around.
Five people were walking on the busy streets. The carriages filled with grain, one carriage after another, began to pass the inspection by the guards, and then began to drive out from the door of the granary and walked slowly towards Luoyang.
Lou Shide walked on Li Hong’s side and sighed: "His Royal Highness, don’t you know, the ministers have been forced to come over by him for the past few days, saying that these grains are being transported outside, but it’s not when transporting them out For ordinary people~IndoMTL.com~ but directly loaded the boat from Luoshui, or went north in a carriage..."
"Yes, you are Henan Fufu Yin, don't you know these things? Let me talk about why you don't want to give food, why have to wait until the court makes an order? Isn't the court not making an order, you The dignified second-grade officials don't have the right to open warehouses and distribute food for the people?" Li Hong ignored the supervision of the guards, and pushed Bai Chun's shoulders directly and walked in first.
"Hey...you don't know. This time Luocang has not much food left. It is true that the court is going to abandon it, but the minister also wants to use him at the most important moment, right?"
"You can tell me directly, how much surplus grain there is." Li Hong did not go to the granary full of carriages, but instead looked for the deserted granary to observe.
"This...There is still surplus grain left in Luocang...about...less than three million shi."
"That's a lot. It's enough to provide the people in Henan Province through the famine years." Li Hong asked in a puzzled way. If you don't consume so much food, is it really as Baichun said? Just wait for the people to starve to death and start eating the bark before you put the food!
"Three million is a lot, but in these three million stones, there are military rations, public rations, royal rations, and a small part. There are not many in the charity warehouse. And... and King Ji asked for fifty The low-priced food in the Wanshi Yicang. If the low-priced food of 500,000 stones is taken away, there will not be much left for the people. What do you think the minister can give to the people?" Lou Shide spread his hands, as if This is something that can't be helped, and I feel wronged.
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